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138 years ago · 1888
“If an American vessel should happen to have caught a cargo of fish at sea 100 miles distant from some Canadian port, from which there is railway communication to the United…”
— Grover Cleveland
107 years ago · 1919
“If you suspect your friend of being a fool, the best way you can prove it or disprove it is by advising him to hire a hall.”
— Woodrow Wilson
86 years ago · 1940
“I hereby exempt the said Z. Lewis Dalby from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1941.”
— FDR